Events The United States creates the Library of Congress. New Books Anecdotes of the Altamont Family - Mary Meeke Castle Rackrent - Maria Edgeworth Edwardina - Catherine Harris Final Retribution - Henry Summersett Fitz-Maurice - William Frederick Williams Forbidden Apartments - William Linley The Hermit's Cell - Helen Craik The Life of Washington - Parson Weem Logik - Immanuel Kant Memoirs of Modern Philosophers - Elizabeth Hamilton The Nocturnal Visit - Regina Marie Roche Rimualdo - William Henry Ireland The Romance of the Castle - Jane Elson Serena - Catherine Selden System des transcendentalen Idealismus - Friedrich Schelling The Vicar of Lansdowne - Regina Marie Roche Births October 25 - Thomas Macaulay, poet Deaths April 25 - William Cowper, poet Awards